Amey to prototype automated crash cushion truck

Amey to prototype automated crash cushion truck

Amey is close to prototyping an automated traffic management and crash cushion deployment truck to protect motorway workers on live carriageways.

Highways England has granted £760,000 in funding to develop the new impact protection vehicle (IPV) which means workers will no longer need to be on the ground to install traffic management.

Amey has been working with Highways England and suppliers such as HW Martin, King Highway Products, Rennicks UK, HIAB and HORIBA MIRA as well as Coventry University and the Manufacturing and Technology Centre to develop the IPV.

The funding for this next phase of the project includes the creation of a 3D schematic model of the IPV and its deployable crash cushions, a collision simulation model to validate the design as well as a tailor-made driver simulation programme to further test road user perception of the current operational solution. 

 

updated: 27/08/2020

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